U. of Pittsburgh pauses Ph.D. admissions amid research funding uncertainty
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Re: U. of Pittsburgh pauses Ph.D. admissions amid research funding uncertainty
#2Related, unfortunately Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances amid research cuts (94 points, 2 hours ago, 78 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43144940
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#4As I’ve said in the Penn thread: this is likely a temporary move, intended to be used for rhetoric. Eventually the faculty will complain, because they rely on large pyramids of postdocs and grad students for almost all labor. There’s simply no way to continue the work of university research without a strong supply of grad students. Once this is realized, and the NIH doesn’t bend, then grad admissions will increase again, and admin cuts will start, as they should.
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#5University of Pittsburgh has consistently been one of the top 10 recipients of NIH funding for at least 25 years
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#6University of Pittsburgh has consistently been one of the top 10 recipients of NIH funding for at least 25 years
> University of Pittsburgh has consistently been one of the top 10 recipients of NIH funding for at least 25 years
Perhaps due to its research commitment[0]?
Re: U. of Pittsburgh pauses Ph.D. admissions amid research funding uncertainty
#7University of Pittsburgh has consistently been one of the top 10 recipients of NIH funding for at least 25 years
And? What's the concern here, that they dare to do medical research?
Re: U. of Pittsburgh pauses Ph.D. admissions amid research funding uncertainty
#8As I’ve said in the Penn thread: this is likely a temporary move, intended to be used for rhetoric. Eventually the faculty will complain, because they rely on large pyramids of postdocs and grad students for almost all labor. There’s simply no way to continue the work of university research without a strong supply of grad students. Once this is realized, and the NIH doesn’t bend, then grad admissions will increase ag…
Please don't crosspost like this—it makes merging the threads a pain because we have to find the original post and then merge the replies.
It's fine to link to another post, of course, and an email to hn@ycombinator.com is always appreciated if there are duelling dupes going on.
Re: U. of Pittsburgh pauses Ph.D. admissions amid research funding uncertainty
#9See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43144940
Comments moved thither. Thanks!
Re: U. of Pittsburgh pauses Ph.D. admissions amid research funding uncertainty
#10University of Pittsburgh has consistently been one of the top 10 recipients of NIH funding for at least 25 years
And? What's the concern here, that they dare to do medical research?
Not sure why people took my mentioning that stat as some kind of criticism.
Here in Pittsburgh it’s a point of pride that Pitt has such a long running positive track record in medical research.
I posted it to note how big of a deal NIH funding is to the University. Cutting NIH funding will have an outsize effect.